EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Appropriate Use Policy

EDUCAUSE offers the opportunity to participate in our Core Data Service to institutional members of EDUCAUSE (and to institutional non-members upon request) as a service to our community, in response to your ongoing need for comparison data about campus information technology environments and practices, identified by campus rather than aggregated in general reports. Participating institutions have contributed data with the understanding that those data are to be shared only among colleagues from participating institutions for internal institutional planning purposes and are not to be made publicly available. Thus access to the Core Data Service database is conditioned on the users' (both the individuals and the institution they represent) acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Database Service (see below). By accessing and using this service, users will be deemed to have agreed to all terms and conditions of use without exception. Any campus found in violation of these restrictions will be penalized by loss of participation privileges in the Core Data Service, and EDUCAUSE may take legal action against any party who accesses or uses database content or data without authorization.

Copyright

The data contributed to the Core Data Service by your campus remain the property of your campus and may be used in any way that your campus deems appropriate. However, the overall contents of the Core Data Service database, survey, and Web site are the copyrighted property of EDUCAUSE. You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, transfer, download, or modify any content or data found on or through this site (other than your own campus's data) without the express written permission of EDUCAUSE except as permitted (see below). The use of content or data from the Core Data Service on other Web sites or in any environment of networked computers is strictly prohibited. EDUCAUSE claims copyright to data captured through the Core Data Service to protect data confidentiality on behalf of data contributors, not for commercial gain

Terms and Conditions of Use of this Database Service

To access the Core Data Service interactive database you must agree to the following:

• I affirm that I have been authorized to use the Core Data Service interactive database service and that I have entered my unique EDUCAUSE username and password and have not used someone else's username and password to gain access. I understand that my unique EDUCAUSE login credentials carry with them authorization to access this database service and thus I will not share this information with anyone.
• I will not copy identifiable data (that is, data that are identified by institution name) into reports, spreadsheets, e-mail messages, or any other medium that will be made public either within or beyond my campus. I may incorporate such data into private reports for planning committees or other executive cabinets for use in closed sessions.
• I will not share any information—even aggregated data—from the database with anyone external to my campus; in particular, I will not share data or provide access to data to members of the media, corporations, associations, agencies or commissions, researchers, other institutions, or others who might approach me requesting such information.
• I will not include aggregated data derived from the database in professional publications, public documents, slide presentations delivered beyond my campus, electronic transmissions, or any other medium without express written permission from EDUCAUSE.
• I may incorporate aggregated data into a report for the purpose of making comparisons with peer campuses as part of a campus planning and/or budgeting process. I understand that such a report is to be used only by the planning group for which it is developed and especially is not to be made public or distributed beyond my campus.
• If I am employed by a corporation but working on a campus through an outsource arrangement, or if my campus has a partnership with or is collaborating or consulting with a corporation, I understand that any information I obtain from use of the database is for use by my campus only and may not be shared with the corporation.

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©Copyright EDUCAUSE 2007. Data contributed to the Core Data Service by a participating institution remain the property of that institution. Otherwise, the contents of the Core Data Service database, survey, and Web site are the copyrighted property of EDUCAUSE and may not be reproduced, republished, distributed, sold, transferred, downloaded, or modified without the express written permission of EDUCAUSE. EDUCAUSE claims copyright to data captured through the Core Data Service to protect data confidentiality on behalf of contributors, not for commercial gain.